Ok, I’ve now popped out 2 serious posts and it’s time to go back to being my normal dorky self. Here are my Top Ten Most Quotable Movies:
1. Christmas Vacation — Ironically, with 2 daughters, I now find myself seriously saying, “Let’s go find your sister.”
2. Arthur
3. Fletch
4. Vacation
5. Caddyshack
6. The Jerk
7. Blazin’ Saddles
8. Anchorman
9. Talledega Nights (or whatever that Ricky Bobby movie is named)
10. Three Amigos
Honorable mentions:
1. Stripes
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
3. The Royal Tennebaums
4. The History of The World
5. Holy Moses (Dudley Moore)
6. Urban Cowboy (Didn’t see that one coming, did ya?) “Hell Bud, even a cowboy sometimes has to swallow his pride.”
7. War Games — same guy, “I’d piss on a spark plug if I thought it would help.”
Two movies in which the screenwriters should be shot: Legends of the Fall and First Knight (“The sleeve still bears the stain.”
UPDATED: My wife just reminded me of Raising Arizona, which is a Top Ten, but I don’t want to take any out. So, my Top Ten has 11 entries. I can do that with the power that I wield.
What about “Young Frankenstein”? It is the source of many quotables around our house.
What knockers!
Werewolf…There wolf, there castle….
Destiny – Destiny – no escaping, that’s for me!
Say it! He was my BOYFRIEND!
Could be worse…could be raining
Suit yourself, I’m easy.
Cool Hand Luke would also make a good addition. Good idea to listen to your wife and add Raising Arizona. I find myself quoting that one alot especially when dealing with my kids. “Take that diaper off of your head and put back onto your sister!” , “What about his DipTet? He’s gotta have his DipTet!”, and my favorite “Mind you don’t cut yourself Mordecai.”
I knew that people would add movies that made me immediately realize that I had forgotten some. I love Young Frankstein. “It’s Frah-kun-steen.” “Ok, then I’m Eye-gore.”
What was the last line from Cool Hand Luke? I paraphrase it everyday at my job and at home with my kids. “What we have here is a breakdown in communication!” And then someone shoots me through the window.
From Raising Arizona, I love the scene where they’re interviewing Nathan about the missing child and the reporter asks about possible alien abduction and he says something like, “Oh don’t print that, son. That’ll just send the wife over the edge.”
“What we have here is a failure to communicate”,and “Shaking off here boss” from Cool Hand. I know it is over used but I love “Say heeeeellow to my little friend” from Scarface.
I would add Wedding Crashers to the list.
“They say men only use 10% of our brains, I think we only use 10% of our hearts”
“I’m sorry but we lost a lot fof good men out there…excuse me Gloria I think I need to get some fresh air”
I’m with Ray on Scarface.
How about an entire era of “make my day”?
Swingers “thats so money”.
Animal House.
Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
And my #1 “Pulp Fiction”
Wedding Crashers is a great one, and I can’t believe that I forgot Animal House: “What’ll Otis sees us. He loves us.”
“Do you mind if we dance with yo dates”?
“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” “Germans?” “Forget it. He’s on a roll.”
“Grab a brew. Don’t cost nothing.”
“We’re in trouble. I just checked with the guys at the Jewish house and they said that every one of our answers on the Psych test was wrong.” “Those guys must have stolen the wrong fucking exam!”